or blogger or sports radio talk show host. Negativity sells. I'm no fan of Carton, but he is absolutely correct. Myers is not writing news. He is writing opinion. When Myers sat down to write the article, he wasn't trying to inform or enlighten. He was creating click bait...plain and simple. The Enquirer sells more copies when Jennifer Aniston is on the cover. Nobody knows why, but it's true. That's why we continually see her at the grocery store register. She's pregnant, she can't get pregnant. She's divorcing, she seeing Brad Pitt again. She's a space alien, she's a werewolf. Whatever. They will make up anything and slap it on the cover to sell units. Same goes for Odell and Gary Myers and the Daily News know it. Carton nailed him and he deserved it.
He simply cites Strawberry and gooden as NY athletes who would be in the hall of fame if they didn't get carried away with themselves.
The current NY Met Pitcher Matt Harvey may be a better example.
The Dallas Cowboy fans are in complete denial over the pattern of behavior that Zeke is exhibiting. To a lesser degree we are too. OBJ seems self centered and an exhibitionist seeking center stage. Norman was one thing, the net and then proposing to the net to get the camera is another.
The Miami trip and the headlines it garnered is not excusable, the shirts off before the game a pure attention gatherer - and even less excusable.
Against that background, I think he should have made the Optional camp. Instead he sends pictures of him workin out with Chris Cartier another example of "how special" I am.
Makes a simple catch and I think we had a chance for a superbowl. Dallas in their house and Atlanta in ours for a team that was just jelling and I like our chances. Here's the thing, I think he makes those catches if he hadn't brought all the pressure and attention on himself.
So yeah, I think the kid needs a heads up and a warning and I don't think the article is unfair or inaccurate.
NY and fame can make anyone's head spin. 25 million for saying you like a brand of sneakers is crazy and reality distorting. Adulation and the mantle (pun?) of greatness that Jeter carried is a burden that can break a back.
Just look at Matt Harvey.
He simply cites Strawberry and gooden as NY athletes who would be in the hall of fame if they didn't get carried away with themselves.
The current NY Met Pitcher Matt Harvey may be a better example.
The Dallas Cowboy fans are in complete denial over the pattern of behavior that Zeke is exhibiting. To a lesser degree we are too. OBJ seems self centered and an exhibitionist seeking center stage. Norman was one thing, the net and then proposing to the net to get the camera is another.
The Miami trip and the headlines it garnered is not excusable, the shirts off before the game a pure attention gatherer - and even less excusable.
Against that background, I think he should have made the Optional camp. Instead he sends pictures of him workin out with Chris Cartier another example of "how special" I am.
Makes a simple catch and I think we had a chance for a superbowl. Dallas in their house and Atlanta in ours for a team that was just jelling and I like our chances. Here's the thing, I think he makes those catches if he hadn't brought all the pressure and attention on himself.
So yeah, I think the kid needs a heads up and a warning and I don't think the article is unfair or inaccurate.
NY and fame can make anyone's head spin. 25 million for saying you like a brand of sneakers is crazy and reality distorting. Adulation and the mantle (pun?) of greatness that Jeter carried is a burden that can break a back.
Just look at Matt Harvey.
The funny thing about perception is that Matt Harvey has done a LOT worse than Odell Beckham, and gets not nearly the amount of criticism nor the wild speculation that somewhere down the line he's going to turn into a criminal.
He simply cites Strawberry and gooden as NY athletes who would be in the hall of fame if they didn't get carried away with themselves.
The current NY Met Pitcher Matt Harvey may be a better example.
The Dallas Cowboy fans are in complete denial over the pattern of behavior that Zeke is exhibiting. To a lesser degree we are too. OBJ seems self centered and an exhibitionist seeking center stage. Norman was one thing, the net and then proposing to the net to get the camera is another.
The Miami trip and the headlines it garnered is not excusable, the shirts off before the game a pure attention gatherer - and even less excusable.
Against that background, I think he should have made the Optional camp. Instead he sends pictures of him workin out with Chris Cartier another example of "how special" I am.
Makes a simple catch and I think we had a chance for a superbowl. Dallas in their house and Atlanta in ours for a team that was just jelling and I like our chances. Here's the thing, I think he makes those catches if he hadn't brought all the pressure and attention on himself.
So yeah, I think the kid needs a heads up and a warning and I don't think the article is unfair or inaccurate.
NY and fame can make anyone's head spin. 25 million for saying you like a brand of sneakers is crazy and reality distorting. Adulation and the mantle (pun?) of greatness that Jeter carried is a burden that can break a back.
Just look at Matt Harvey.
What an absolute garbage post......again. Comparing OBJ to Zeke is so beyond ridiculous. It's not even worth the energy to correct all the stupidity. Go back to typing on your typewriter.
If you want to compare him to Chad Johnson or even TO...
I don't think either is a particularly appropriate comparison, but at least it's apples to apples. Me first, on-field antics allegedly hurting the team, distraction off the field. Fair enough.
But comparing him to two guys who had debilitating substance abuse issues in NY, or to another who can't stay off the police blotter, is ridiculous.
be a pivotal season for OBJ. We will see him with his first clear shot at a Super Bowl. But he needs to have a team pulling with him all the way. It is interesting timing that this article appears just as Odell demonstrates real compassion by his visit to the unfortunate young cancer patient. It is also a sign that just before another season starts, Myers raises questions about one of the Giants. This time though, he doesn't dare to go all in, and risk a real prediction. Looks like he learned a bit from his pratfall in 2011. Though Myers won't risk a prediction, it seems to me that OBJ is, as I felt the 2005-2006 Eli was, the real thing. Sorry, those of you who would consider trading him, I say pay him, and go all in. Odell will, it is suggested, based on watching his development so far, continue to develop, and together with Eli and the rest of this very talented team, dominate the NFL, for a considerable period. Plaxico with more common sense, and greater durability.
I don't think either is a particularly appropriate comparison, but at least it's apples to apples. Me first, on-field antics allegedly hurting the team, distraction off the field. Fair enough.
But comparing him to two guys who had debilitating substance abuse issues in NY, or to another who can't stay off the police blotter, is ridiculous.
How could he use then as examples of NY athletes who never lived up to expectations of their greatness?
what derailed Strawberry and Gooden's careers to "getting carried away with themselves".
I mean, there's a pretty big gap between being active on social media and the cocaine scene in the 80s.
It's a lazy article that recycles old news, but I don't see him comparing their behaviours in any way. Gooden and Stawberry are used as examples along with Revis and Harvey as young NY sports stars that captivated the city but for a variety of reasons each failed tokive up to expectations and potential. He sighted maturity as Odells hurdle and is calling for him to answer Reese's call to grow up. He even gives him credit for achieving more than Jerry Rice to this point in his career, just suggest he look mire to the examples if Jeter and Eli for how to navigate a career as a star in NY.
Again the article is lazy and just repeats old news trying to be controversial but it reaaly doesn't compare his behaviour to them as thread title implies.
The biggest issue I have us his including Lawrence Taylor in any conversation about players falling short of potential. Just ridiculous
The guy was the best CB in the game for a bunch of years. There's a short shelf life for NFL players to be the best.
You would have to go back and read the article for his reasins, I think it was something about coasting after signing for big money. Another stretch if his in trying to make his point.
I couldn't finish it. I stopped after the Harvey reference. Gooden and Strawberry wore out their welcomes with drug use. Harvey has had injuries. OBJ has neither of these issues. His column seems pointless.
The current NY Met Pitcher Matt Harvey may be a better example.
The Dallas Cowboy fans are in complete denial over the pattern of behavior that Zeke is exhibiting. To a lesser degree we are too. OBJ seems self centered and an exhibitionist seeking center stage. Norman was one thing, the net and then proposing to the net to get the camera is another.
The Miami trip and the headlines it garnered is not excusable, the shirts off before the game a pure attention gatherer - and even less excusable.
Against that background, I think he should have made the Optional camp. Instead he sends pictures of him workin out with Chris Cartier another example of "how special" I am.
Makes a simple catch and I think we had a chance for a superbowl. Dallas in their house and Atlanta in ours for a team that was just jelling and I like our chances. Here's the thing, I think he makes those catches if he hadn't brought all the pressure and attention on himself.
So yeah, I think the kid needs a heads up and a warning and I don't think the article is unfair or inaccurate.
NY and fame can make anyone's head spin. 25 million for saying you like a brand of sneakers is crazy and reality distorting. Adulation and the mantle (pun?) of greatness that Jeter carried is a burden that can break a back.
Just look at Matt Harvey.
Of course, things that are supposedly "inexcusable" actually only magnify when somebody has no fucking clue what that word means.
Wait... Myers doesn't happen to go by the nickname "grizz" does he? Hmmmm
The current NY Met Pitcher Matt Harvey may be a better example.
The Dallas Cowboy fans are in complete denial over the pattern of behavior that Zeke is exhibiting. To a lesser degree we are too. OBJ seems self centered and an exhibitionist seeking center stage. Norman was one thing, the net and then proposing to the net to get the camera is another.
The Miami trip and the headlines it garnered is not excusable, the shirts off before the game a pure attention gatherer - and even less excusable.
Against that background, I think he should have made the Optional camp. Instead he sends pictures of him workin out with Chris Cartier another example of "how special" I am.
Makes a simple catch and I think we had a chance for a superbowl. Dallas in their house and Atlanta in ours for a team that was just jelling and I like our chances. Here's the thing, I think he makes those catches if he hadn't brought all the pressure and attention on himself.
So yeah, I think the kid needs a heads up and a warning and I don't think the article is unfair or inaccurate.
NY and fame can make anyone's head spin. 25 million for saying you like a brand of sneakers is crazy and reality distorting. Adulation and the mantle (pun?) of greatness that Jeter carried is a burden that can break a back.
Just look at Matt Harvey.
The funny thing about perception is that Matt Harvey has done a LOT worse than Odell Beckham, and gets not nearly the amount of criticism nor the wild speculation that somewhere down the line he's going to turn into a criminal.
grizz299 : 8:51 am :
The only intention on Myers' part is to further his paper's narrative of OBJ-as-malcontent. That's it. Period. End of story.
The current NY Met Pitcher Matt Harvey may be a better example.
The Dallas Cowboy fans are in complete denial over the pattern of behavior that Zeke is exhibiting. To a lesser degree we are too. OBJ seems self centered and an exhibitionist seeking center stage. Norman was one thing, the net and then proposing to the net to get the camera is another.
The Miami trip and the headlines it garnered is not excusable, the shirts off before the game a pure attention gatherer - and even less excusable.
Against that background, I think he should have made the Optional camp. Instead he sends pictures of him workin out with Chris Cartier another example of "how special" I am.
Makes a simple catch and I think we had a chance for a superbowl. Dallas in their house and Atlanta in ours for a team that was just jelling and I like our chances. Here's the thing, I think he makes those catches if he hadn't brought all the pressure and attention on himself.
So yeah, I think the kid needs a heads up and a warning and I don't think the article is unfair or inaccurate.
NY and fame can make anyone's head spin. 25 million for saying you like a brand of sneakers is crazy and reality distorting. Adulation and the mantle (pun?) of greatness that Jeter carried is a burden that can break a back.
Just look at Matt Harvey.
What an absolute garbage post......again. Comparing OBJ to Zeke is so beyond ridiculous. It's not even worth the energy to correct all the stupidity. Go back to typing on your typewriter.
But comparing him to two guys who had debilitating substance abuse issues in NY, or to another who can't stay off the police blotter, is ridiculous.
My only concern with OBJ is the playoff no show.
But comparing him to two guys who had debilitating substance abuse issues in NY, or to another who can't stay off the police blotter, is ridiculous.
How could he use then as examples of NY athletes who never lived up to expectations of their greatness?
I mean, there's a pretty big gap between being active on social media and the cocaine scene in the 80s.
I mean, there's a pretty big gap between being active on social media and the cocaine scene in the 80s.
It's a lazy article that recycles old news, but I don't see him comparing their behaviours in any way. Gooden and Stawberry are used as examples along with Revis and Harvey as young NY sports stars that captivated the city but for a variety of reasons each failed tokive up to expectations and potential. He sighted maturity as Odells hurdle and is calling for him to answer Reese's call to grow up. He even gives him credit for achieving more than Jerry Rice to this point in his career, just suggest he look mire to the examples if Jeter and Eli for how to navigate a career as a star in NY.
Again the article is lazy and just repeats old news trying to be controversial but it reaaly doesn't compare his behaviour to them as thread title implies.
The biggest issue I have us his including Lawrence Taylor in any conversation about players falling short of potential. Just ridiculous
You would have to go back and read the article for his reasins, I think it was something about coasting after signing for big money. Another stretch if his in trying to make his point.